April 2024 (9)

Tuesday, April 30 2024

A flood, war, and desolations

"The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week... Daniel 9:26-27 Daniel's use of the words "the end" (Heb. translit - "qets") is unique throughout his book. Also note  […]

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Friday, April 26 2024

BRICS - SCO

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Belarus is expected to complete its ascension to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this year. While BRICS focus is on economic cooperation. The SCO includes economic cooperation but with an emphasis on security (political/military cooperation). Some describe it as the anti-NATO. Russian DM  […]

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Monday, April 22 2024

"the rejuvenation"

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About 10 years ago Gail and I visited Butchart Gardens. For those that have seen it, it can be hard to imagine that this garden was once a limestone quarry.   In the beginning, under the direction of Jennie Butchart, they started by transferring top soil by horse and cart. Little by little, the  […]

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Sunday, April 21 2024

"receiving the Spirit" vs "clothed with power from on high"

For clarification. This is when His disciples received the Holy Spirit: It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. After He had said  […]

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Saturday, April 20 2024

The "coming" of the Lord

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. Let no one deceive you in any way,  […]

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BRICS - filling in the power gap

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There have been a number of theories suggesting that institutions like the U.N. or the World Economic Forum would lead to some kind of a global consensus or order. While organizations and think tanks like these mentioned have provided platforms for member nations, I don't think they've been really  […]

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Monday, April 8 2024

BRICS Rebellion

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What role might an expanded BRICS alliance of nations have on future events? It's hard to know for sure. But a couple of things have been clear for some time now. The geopolitical center of the earth is shifting east. And the BRICS alliance wants to unseat the US Dollar as the International Reserve  […]

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"other sheep not of this fold"

One of the characteristics of Dispensationalism is that history is divided into multiple ages and that God interacts with mankind in different ways in each of these dispensations. So there's this idea out there that we are currently in the "church age". And that once this "church  […]

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Monday, April 1 2024

BRICS Expansion

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The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones,  […]

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